Al & list, Fair enough! The Georgiaites are a greenish straw yellow, and about 3% of the Bediasites are a translucent molasses color----but 97% of them are very black, as are Ivory Coasts, and most (but not all Australasians. Like I said earlier, doubt anyone who uses the terms "always" or "never" even if it's me!
Cheers, Norm --- AL Mitterling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Norman and all, > > The Georgia Tektites are not inky black but are > greenish also. The > Bediasites are dark but not totally black. I might > have misunderstood > your statement. > > Norman Lehrman wrote: > > I have always believed (without proof) that the inky > blackness of all > but the moldavites might well be due to integration > of impactor Fe. > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

